the proposet settlement will resolve a class-action lawsuit for hundreds of toyota customers. numerous crashes and injuries and even deaths were blamed on the sudden acceleration. their production plunged as a result but has since rebounded. >>> and new evidence suggested the ailing housing market is getting better. a national price index says u.s. home prices rose 4.3% compared with a year ago. october was the fifth consecutive month of year-over-year gains aft almost two years of decline. >>> it will soon cost a lot more to park in downtown chicago. starting on new year's day, parker meters there will cost $6.50 an hour, up from 5.75 dlrts. that would make chicago the nation's most expensive city for metered parking. the city leased the meters to a private company for 75 years at a cost of more than $1 billion, and, duarte, much of that money has already been spent. >> that does it. when i'm in chicago, i take the train. erica ferrari in new york. thanks, erica. >>> in sports a pounding finish between the knicks and the suns. ten seconds left, no,'s j.r. smith hits the fade-